talkie-walkie

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talkie-walkie

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Borrowed from French talkie-walkie, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from an inversion of English walkie-talkie.

noun talkie-walkies

A walkie-talkie. Mr "secret agent" who carries a talkie-walkie that is not really a talkie-walkie (stupid guy boasting about his VHF as if it was a 48 caliber on his Web Page!!)

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"talkie-walkie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/talkie-walkie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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talkie-walkie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/talkie-walkie

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"talkie-walkie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/talkie-walkie.

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@misc{talkie_walkie_2026,
  title = {talkie-walkie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/talkie-walkie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}